The state Office of Mental Health estimates a third of those incarcerated in New York have some type of mental illness. So why are they locked up instead of in a mental health program? Actually, Erie County has become a leader in diverting these offenders from prison. Progress has been slow, but steady, using a national model of law enforcement called Crisis Intervention Teams.

Investigators say based on what they've learned since a deadly Saturday night shooting in the Town of Cheektowaga, the police officer involved was justified in his use of deadly force. It was also revealed the person shot was "intoxicated and distressed" at the time of the incident.